Living the Simple Life · A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More by James, Elaine St. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Welcome Dedication Acknowledgments An Overview ONE: The Simple Life

1. What Living the Simple Life Means for Me and Gibbs 2. Some Other Views of the Simple Life 3. A “Corporate Yuppie” Approach to Simplifying 4. A “Cabin in the Woods” Approach to Simple Living 5. What Does Simple Living Mean to You? 6. The Things That Complicate Our Lives 7. What We Can Eliminate 8. Remember a Time When You Were Truly Happy 9. Be Willing to Change the Way You Play the Game 10. You Can Have a Simpler Job 11. You Can Live a Simpler Life

TWO: Getting Started

THREE: The Things That Really Matter

20. You May Not Know What Really Matters 21. Reexamine Your List of Goals 22. Zero In on Your Top Four or Five Priorities 23. Remember, There Are Only Twenty-Four Hours in the Day 24. Remember that Relationships Take Time 25. Stop Feeding Your Ego 26. Learn to Make Good Choices 27. Set Your Time Management System Aside

FOUR: Some Things to Think About

28. Simplifying Is Often Two Steps Forward, One Step Back 29. Be Aware of the Pitfalls of Having Extra Time on Your Hands 30. Get Off Automatic Pilot 31. Some Ways to Change Gears 32. Involve Your Children in the Process of Simplifying 33. When Your Significant Other Doesn’t Want to Simplify 34. Find a Buddy 35. How to Deal with People Who Don’t Understand 36. Find a Happy Medium That Works for You 37. Keep Asking, “Is This Going to Simplify My Life?”

FIVE: Getting Rid of Our Stuff

38. Where to Start 39. Getting Rid of the Stuff Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Getting Rid of Everything 40. Look at All the Things You Hold on to Because You Might Need Them Someday 41. One Knife, One Fork, One Spoon 42. Start Over Again, and Do It Right 43. Take a Picture of It 44. Never Touch a Piece of Mail More than Once 45. Junk Mail Update 46. Don’t Even Think about Saving That Piece of Aluminum Foil 47. Use Your Public Library 48. Get Some Help

SIX: Changing Our Consumer Habits

49. The Thirty-Day List 50. Watch for the Early Warning Signs 51. Come Up with a Creative Solution Rather than a Buying Solution 52. Recognize the Point of Diminishing Returns 53. When You Bring In Something New, Throw Out Something Old 54. The Simple Souvenir 55. What to Tell the Grandkids 56. Put a Moratorium on Shopping

SEVEN: Learning to Say No

57. The Truly Free Person 58. One Way to Deal with the Guilt of Saying No 59. Move Beyond the Guilt 60. Afraid You’ll Miss Something? 61. The Reality of the Urgent Request 62. How to Say No 63. Saying No in the Workplace 64. So Why Haven’t You Written Your Book?

EIGHT: Some Inner Stuff

65. One Reason We’re Craving Simpler Lives 66. Why We Keep Our Lives So Hectic 67. Find Your Life’s Work 68. Giving Back

NINE: Personal and Household Routines

69. Another Approach to Household Chores 70. A Simple Weekly Menu Plan 71. Some Other Possibilities for Simple Meals 72. A Simple Way to Maintain Your Weight 73. Dealing with Unwanted Callers 74. The Simple Answering Machine 75. The Simple Fireplace 76. The Simple Bed 77. Simple Laundering Ideas

TEN: Lifestyle Issues

78. The Simple Computer 79. E-Mail 80. Automatic Payments 81. Use a Monthly Spending Plan 82. The Simple Credit Card 83. Is Quicken Quicker? 84. The Simple Time Management System

ELEVEN: Simple Parenting

TWELVE: Simple Wardrobe Ideas for Women

93. Make Your Own Rules 94. Start with What You Already Have 95. Limit Your Color Scheme 96. Figure Out Your Clothing Needs 97. Find Your Best Silhouette 98. If You Need Help, Get It 99. The Simple Purse

THIRTEEN: Simple Wardrobe Ideas for Men

100. Gibbs’s Ideas for Simple Clothes for Men

A Final Thought Reading List References Also by Elaine St. James Copyright